![]() ![]() Intertwined with these contemporary cases is a 19th-century mystery: How did a genteel Southern lady manage to poison her wealthy Yankee husband? Buoyed by intriguing characters, a wry-sometimes macabre-wit, and lush Virginia atmosphere, McCrumb's (MacPherson's Lament The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter) mystery spins merrily along on its own momentum, concluding that justice will triumph. Another law partner, the resolute Amy Powell Hill, ponders how best to defend a Richmond socialite who gleefully admits to shooting both her ex-husband and his new wife. Bill has been asked to defend a woman accused of poisoning her philandering husband, a piously hypocritical preacher. ![]() In 1861 the Civil War reached the mountainous South - where the enemy. ![]() Her skills at research and detection come into play when she is hired as an investigator by her brother Bill's Virginia law firm. Read 157 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Three grievously wronged women take murderous revenge in this sharp-edged, witty tale, the eighth appearance of forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. ![]()
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